In the Shadow of the WallWalking the Great Wall of China,
a British explorer encounters the descendants of those who built--and destroyed--the most labor-intensive monument in human history
by William Lindesay

Picture PerfectHow an ingenious former fashion photographer managed to capture
on film the mind and spirit of the ancient Maya
by Tom Gidwitz

City of the HawkFrom ancient breweries to the earliest mummies, excavations at Hierakonpolis
are rewriting the origins of Egyptian civilization
by Renée Friedman